419 scam: "Mr. Ivan Azim Mohamed" <info@google.org> STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "you will be entitled to 30%" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ivan.azim_mohamed@yahoo.com.my (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ivan Azim Mohamed" <info@google.org>
Reply-To: ivan.azim_mohamed@yahoo.com.my
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 19:24:36 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.

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STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL RE: TRANSFER OF US$21.5 MILLION
(TWENTY ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY).

Greetings to you,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though
I know that a transaction of this
magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring
you that all will be well at the end of the day. We have decided to
contact you by e-mail due to
the urgency of this transaction.

I am a member of the Government of Malaysia Contract Award and Monitoring
Committee in the Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS).
Sometime ago, a contract was awarded to a foreign firm in PETRONAS by my
Committee. This contract was over invoiced to the tune of US$21.5M. U.S.
Dollars.
This was done deliberately. The over-invoicing was a deal by my committee
to benefit from the project. We now want to transfer this money which is
in a suspense Account with
PETRONAS into any Overseas Account which we expect you to provide for us.

SHARE: -
For assisting us in this deal, you will be entitled to 30% of the
money,60% will be for me and my partners while 10% has been mapped out
from the total sum to cover any
expenses that maybe incurred by us during the course of this transfer,
both locally and international expenses.

I would require-
1. Your Name in Full, Company Name, Address,Tel.& Fax. Numbers.
2. Your Bank Account Number and Address where the money will be remitted.

The above information would be used to make formal applications as a
matter of procedure for the release of the money. It does not matter
whether or not your company
does contract projects of this nature described here. The assumption is
that your company won the major contract and subcontracted it out to other
companies. More often
than not, big trading companies or firms of unrelated fields win major
contracts and subcontracts to more specialized firms for execution of such
contracts.

We want this money to be transferred to your nominated bank for us, before
the present Democratic Government start Auditing all Government owned
Establishment. If
you're interested, send the required documents aforementioned as time is
of the essence in this business.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Ivan Azim Mohamed
E-mail: ivan.azim_mohamed@yahoo.com.my

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